This movie needed to be made to tell the other side of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, the side the media doesn't usually tell. I lived in Jordan for a year and traveled to Israel and had my eyes opened to the plight of the Palestinians. Nothing in this film came as a surprise to me and most of the conditions depicted I already knew about.
Sure the film is biased, and doesn't focus on terrorist attacks by Palestinian groups, but we get that in the news all the time. It also doesn't touch on the fact that homosexuality is forbidden in most (all?) Islamic countries. Since the film shows the Palestinian condition on a very personal level, it also leaves out some little tidbits like how Israel recruits Jewish people from other countries to come and populate the settlements that are on Palestinian land as a security tactic.
In this day and age it seems like it is considered anti-semitic to be against the actions of the Israeli government/military, so I am hoping the fact that this film was made by a Jewish person and had Jewish people as the main characters will help allow its message to be heard.
Sure the film is biased, and doesn't focus on terrorist attacks by Palestinian groups, but we get that in the news all the time. It also doesn't touch on the fact that homosexuality is forbidden in most (all?) Islamic countries. Since the film shows the Palestinian condition on a very personal level, it also leaves out some little tidbits like how Israel recruits Jewish people from other countries to come and populate the settlements that are on Palestinian land as a security tactic.
In this day and age it seems like it is considered anti-semitic to be against the actions of the Israeli government/military, so I am hoping the fact that this film was made by a Jewish person and had Jewish people as the main characters will help allow its message to be heard.